Which of the following terms referred to the alleged deal between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to manipulate the voting in the House of Representatives to install Adams as president and Clay as his secretary of state in 1824?
A) Political patronage
B) Nullification
C) The Trail of Tears
D) The Specie Circular
E) The corrupt bargain
E
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A. New Englanders B. Whigs C. New Compromisers D. Jacksonian Democrats
John F. Kennedy __________
A) served in the army during World War II B) was elected governor of Massachusetts at age thirty C) was the first Roman Catholic president D) was born into a middle-class Boston family
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A. the Moorish palaces at Zanzibar B. the pyramids of Egypt C. stone houses, which reflected Arabic influence D. the mound city of Timbuktu E. the ruins of Carthage
What percentage of their earnings from exports did the countries of Africa have to pay to service their loans in the 1990s?
A. 10 percent B. 30 percent C. 40 percent D. 20 percent